Vancouver, BC

Strolling around Vancouver in Downtown, Yaletown and False Creek...


New Convention Centre, which will host the media during the Olympics.








In the background the future Olympic Village.






Here the way splits. Tomorrow the flight back to Zurich is scheduled. And today it just started to rain for the first time since arriving three weeks ago...

Cu on my next trip,
Andy

San Francisco, CA

Dreams come true!

Highway 101

Peace Arch border crossing south of Vancouver.

Driving past Seattle, again...

Sunrise in Newport, OR.



Reedsport, OR. Typical town along Highway 101.





Redwood Valley, CA; racing towards San Francisco...

Whistler, BC - Cypress Bowl, Vancouver

It's all about downhill biking in Whistler...






Cypress Bowl above Vancouver. Venue of the snowboard and freestyle skiing events. That's were I used to carve in the evenings...



Nice view down to Vancouver. Next I'm off to the very background in the pic; crossing the border...

Whistler Mountain - Lost Lake

Peak of Whistler Mountain. Hiking down towards the Roundhouse...














Lost Lake, close to Whistler Village.

Callaghan Valley, BC

Almost in Whistler, taking a turn into Callaghan Valley. Nordic venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.


It is a lot steeper standing in front of the jumping hills. These guys are nuts!


Biathlon Range

Spanish Banks, Vancouver

Spending a relaxing Sunday afternoon with family Kubo on the beaches...






...and soon off to those mountains in the background

Radar Hill - Nanaimo

Looking from Radar Hill towards Tofino for the last time...


...and Long Beach


Departure Bay, Nanaimo - Ferry Terminal. Goodbye Vancouver Island!


and on to a cruise to Alaska? No, different plans...

Tofino - South Beach - Wickaninnish Beach

Tofino, BC
Pretty much the main intersection in Tofino. On the left side my breakfast place for the week; tuff beans...


... and the hub for Tofino Air






Rainforest trail on the way to Wickaninnish Beach




South Beach: Another marvel on the Pacific Coast!








Wickaninnish Beach



and off to Long Beach again for some relaxing...